jazz
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Live at the Jazz Corner
(I’m particularly fond of the ending jams on “What’s New?” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is”) Originally conceived as a publicity stunt to get an audience into a venue I’d never played, this live…
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Playing All the Time
I just had a great phone conversation with my old high school friend and saxophone mentor. We reminisced about how much playing we did back then: practicing early before school, listening–critically–to music during the 30…
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Practicing Sax in the Car
I learned this trick from one of my students. He lives in France and says he’s taken to practicing sax in the car while stuck in traffic on his daily commute! Last night I played…
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How Not to Get a Record Deal
It’s been 7 years since I recorded my last studio album. Now that I have a new one in the can, I find myself back at a place I don’t love: hunting for a record…
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“I Can Always Tell Who’s Transcribing and Who’s Not.” – Avishai Cohen on Learning the Language of Jazz
If you’re unfamiliar with the work of Avishai Cohen, the brilliant trumpeter, please, do some homework. He’s incredible. I had the good fortune to attend Berklee during the same years Avishai was there (along with…